Having worked at a small food store for two years, I thought I had become successful at what our manager called “customer relations”. I firmly believed that a friendly smile and an automatic “sir”, “madam”, “thank you” and “sorry” would see me through any situation. But on a Christmas night an old woman shook my belief that such a glib (油嘴滑舌的) response could smooth over any difficulty while dealing with other human beings.
The moment she entered the store, the woman presented a sharp contrast to our shiny store with its bright lighting and neatly arranged shelves. Walking as if each step were painful, she slowly pushed open the glass door. On such a zero-degree night, she was wearing only a faded print dress, a thin sweater too small to button, and black slippers with the backs cut out to expose heels. There were no stockings or socks on her blue-veined (青筋的) legs.
After walking around the store for several minutes, the old woman stopped in front of the rows of canned vegetables. She looked at the row of cans, finally picked up a can of corn and stared at the label. At that point, I decided to be a good and polite employee and asked her if she needed help. As I stood close to her, my smile became harder to maintain. An unpleasant smell of sweat rose from her torn clothing.
“I need some food,” she muttered in reply to my bright “Madam, can I help you?”
“Are you looking for corn, madam?”
“I need some food,” she repeated, looking down at the can in her hand, “Any kind.”
“Well, the can of corn is ninety-five cents, madam.” I said in my most helpful voice. “Or if you like, we have a special on bread today.”
After a short pause, she lifted her head and said, “But I can’t pay.”
For a second, it was on the tip of my tongue to tell her that she could take the corn. Then the employee rules flooded into my mind: remain polite but do not let the customers take advantage of you.
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At the thought of that, I managed a friendly smile.
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Instantly I rushed out of the door with the can of corn and stopped the old woman.
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On a particularly tough day last December, Flores came up with the idea of having her twins send letters to Santa by balloon. She told them that Santa would grab the balloons while he flew through the air on his sled.
The twins were excited. Flores helped them compose their letters, writing down all the things they dreamed Santa might bring them, and then put the notes into festive red balloons.
On a chilly, windy morning, she dressed the girls in identical pink sweatshirts, put beautiful bows in their hair, and then took them outside to release their wishes to the universe.
Several days later, when Alvin Bamburg, 66, was deep in the woods in Grand Cane, Louisiana, something caught his eyes. Hanging in a fallen tree, it looked like litter. But Bamburg felt he must pick it up.
“God just told me,” he says.
As Bamburg approached, he saw that the object was a broken balloon. Attached was a piece of paper decorated with shiny star stickers. It was a child’s Christmas wish list.
“Dear Santa,” the handwritten note read. “ My name is Luna. I am four years old, and I live in Liberal, Kansas. This year I have been nice. I would like candy, Spider-Man ball, and Frozen doll. With love, Luna.”
Bamburg’s heart hammered in his chest. Ever since he was a child, he had dreamed of this. “Years ago,” he says, “classes at school released balloons with notes. I’ve always wanted to find one.”
He believed this was his childhood wish coming true. And he knew he was going to make Luna’s wish come true too.
He just wasn’t sure how.
It is over 650 miles from Grand Cane, Louisiana to Liberal Kansas. But Bamburg’s wife, Lee Ann Bamburg, was not frightened by the distance. An enthusiastic Facebook user, she had seen other people find all sorts of connections through the site and thought it might help her husband find Luna.
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So Alvin posted a photo of the balloon and the Christmas list on his Facebook page.
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Having received so much generosity, Flores and her girls were deeply moved.
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Almost 1:00 am. I was woken by loud knocks at my door. It was Mrs. Lim, one of my neighbors who lived down the street with her old and weak husband.
“It’s my husband. I think he .s having a heart attack. Can you help me?” she cried. With lightning speed,I changed my clothes. Then, I followed Mrs.Lim to her house. Along the passage leading to the kitchen was Mr.Lim, lying on the ground. He appeared to have difficulty in breathing. With Mrs.Lim’s help,I managed to carry him to the car in their yard and rushed him to the hospital.
The doctor on duty told us that Mr. Lim had a mild stroke (中风)and had to stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). I companied Mrs.Lim all the time. She asked me to contact her son and tell him the news. I never knew that Mr. and Mrs.Lim had children. I had thought that the Lims had no children. I could not recall a time when they ever mentioned a son. I tried to contact the son at the given address, but I was told that he had moved to another city with his wife and children. I could see the pain in Mrs. Lim’s face as I told her the news.
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As I was driving home, I told myself that I would call my own parents.
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Besieged (被包围的) Paris was suffering from famine (饥荒). Even the sparrows on the roofs and the rats in the sewers were growing rare. People were eating anything they could get. As Monsieur (法语，先生) Morissot, watchmaker by profession and idler (懒汉) for the occasion, was walking along the boulevard one bright January morning, his hands in his trousers pockets and stomach empty, he suddenly came face to face with his friend—Monsieur Sauvage, a fishing friend. Before the World War II broke out, Morissot had been in the habit, every Sunday morning, of setting forth with a bamboo rod (杆子) in his hand and a tin box on his back. He took the Argenteuil train, got out at Colombes, and walked to the Ile Marante. The moment he arrived at this place of his dreams he began fishing and fished till nightfall.
Every Sunday he met in this very spot Monsieur Sauvage, a fat, happy, little man, a draper in the Rue Notre Dame de Lorette, and an warm-hearted fisherman. They often spent half the day side by side, rod in hand and feet dangling over the water, and a warm friendship had sprung up between the two. Some days they did not speak; at other times they chatted; but they understood each other perfectly without the aid of words, having similar tastes and feelings. In the spring, about ten o'clock in the morning, when the early sun caused a light mist to float on the water and gently warmed the backs of the two enthusiastic anglers, Morissot would occasionally remark to his neighbour: "My, but it's pleasant here." To which the other would reply: "I can't imagine anything better!" And these few words sufficed to make them understand and appreciate each other.
A beautiful day in autumn, they decide to go fishing in Colombes which is not far from the base of Germans.
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Suddenly, a gun pointed at Morissot.
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